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MEMORIES PROFILESALUMNI
Welcome back to the Thornton Years News,The first issue was a trial to gather the interest in ‘Newsletters’ and was well received with great feedback. Well the second issue was received with even more interest and feedback, along with lots of positive comments and material for this, the third issue.
As with the first issue, I received a lot of emails, notes and phone calls providing me with a number of address updates and interesting snippets of life at and post St Peter’s. I was also delighted to get input from staff of the era and am hopeful of bringing you many more stories, not only of old boys, but also on the staff who helped shape your lives.
To keep these newsletters interesting and fresh I need you, the reader, to help by contributing. So if you are able to provide a story, a profile, details of your life post St Peter’s or information on friends, please keep it coming to me. Take a few minutes to jot down some thoughts, and I will make it into an interesting story.
Although I received a large number of updated contact details, we still have a long way to go to get more. So feel free to share this with any of your friends who you have contact details for and suggest if they haven’t received their own copy of Thornton Years News then for them to send their details to me.
As editor I wish, again, to express special thanks to Josh Wedlake, the Graphic Designer at St Peter’s who takes what I prepare and puts it into the form that you receive and understand.
Neil McLaughlin
EDITOR
Neil McLaughlin
p: +64 (0) 21 619 171
P O Box 33-1520
Takapuna 0740
Editor’s Note –
“There are so many staff who have contributed in so many ways to St Peter’s that we will continue their stories.”
David Thornton
1969 Rugby 1st XV
Back L to R: B Devlin, M Wilson, M Gregg, S Mortimer, P Poore , N Morgan, I Robertson.Front L to R: T Bush, J Craig, B Wilkins, G McLoughlin (VC), M Seifert (C), E Snell,C McCullough, A Woolfield.
DAVID THORNTONHEADMASTER 1961 - 1978
Issue 3 - March 2016
Thornton YearsThe News
A belated (but no less sincere, for my tardiness) thank you for your sterling efforts with your Thornton Years Newsletter. I’ve enjoyed both of them. It was sad to get the news about my fellow rugby player Crown Prince Tuku’aho — too young. I have in the past met with his cousin Tofa Tuita and his wife Salote when Tofa was Tonga’s ‘man’ in London.
I was at St Peter’s for a year (1964) in order to pass the Common Entrance exam to continue my education in England; by some stroke of luck I did!
Whilst looking through some memorabilia (and nudged on by your piece in issue 2 on Guyon Wells). I attach a scan of the programme of a Thanksgiving Service held in Cambridge at which St Peter’s provided the choir with Mr. Wells at the
Firstly let me say what a pleasure it is to put together these newsletters. But they are not without their dangers of both careless and unavoidable mistakes. The material I am often working from is limited in quality and clarity and I do my best to add names and photos where I can as they provide interest. Also a lot of the old records only record surnames so where possible I try to identify initials and Christian names.
My major error in the second issue was in the A Memory from the Matrons article on page 6. I thought I had done so well adding pictures of Lynn Brock and Janet Worfolk only to have it pointed out first by Janet then very clearly by Miss D Swears that the picture I showed as Janet was in fact Miss Swears. Apologies to both. It was great to receive the letter
A Note From Bob Parsons (1969)Memories
from Miss Swears who has still got her very clear memories of her time at St Peter’s and is residing in Cambridge. As she said, “Believe me, we do not look at all similar; otherwise, your second issue is very interesting and I commend you for your enthusiasm.” To receive such praise from Miss Swears shows we must be on the right track. Thank you.
Another error that Hughie Waugh pointed out was the phone number for Grace Thornton. He set out to track her down from my information, but unfortunately the phone number was wrong. It should have been 06 322 8285, not what I had as 06 322 8225. Apologies to Hughie and anyone else I misled.
mighty organ! My voice had broken by then so my part in proceedings was to act as crucifer. And yes the G-G did address us. I thought the programme might amuse you.
I will make good on my promise of some photographs soon.
Bob ParsonsEmail: [email protected]
Editor’s Comment: Thanks Bob for the thoughts and memories — I hope it spurs some of your classmates on to providing a brief account or memories of their time either at or post St Peter’s. Also with your email I hope some of your classmates drop you a note — that is one of the purposes of these newsletters.
Below: Pages 2 & 3 from the Thanksgiving Service Programme (1964). Pages 1 & 4 are available on request.
Editor’s Comments and Apologies
Great to see issue 2 of TTY and to enjoy the memories brought back by so many of the stories and photos which corresponded with my time there — from the familiar faces in Mark Bell’s ‘US2B’ photo (many of whom I went through the school with, though I think I was in the other form class at the time) to the stories of the Urewera expeditions and the long term staff. I arrived in Dorothy Francis Teresa Swears’ class as a newly minted eight-year-old at the start of term 2 (then of 3 terms per year from memory) in 1969 fresh from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Central Pacific. Needless to say the condensation running down the cold walls of the old school block in the wintry Waikato so accurately described by Janet Worfolk and Lynn Brock must have been a shock to the system, but I have no particular memory of being distressed by it at the time. What I do recall is a rare trip behind the counter of the linen room (or maybe it was matron’s flat?) with the rest of the sprogs to watch Neil Armstrong step onto the moon. In those days we were blue, green and red houses — the terribly sophisticated idea of actually giving the houses the names of famous faces in the school’s past hadn’t yet taken root.
I had the pleasure and honour of Mark Hanna as my housemaster and loco parentis from then right until I departed for the new Broadhurst secondary building on the other side of the sports grounds nearly 10 years later. Please pass this message on to him along with a very deeply felt thank you for all the care guidance and love you lavished on us all. My wonderful memories of St Peter’s are interwoven with Mark’s involvement in my and all our lives. From rowing (one day a number of crews went out to Karapiro when perhaps the weather was a bit too much, broke the eight and swamped two fours) to the tramping (he once trusted me to drive his Land Cruiser along a riverside road to the Maungapōhatu track base camp subject to an express admonishment not to attempt to navigate the slip half way along it — sorry Mark) and all of the rest. Mark epitomised the absolutely highest standards of a genuinely noble calling.
Other than bringing back to me the joys of ‘70s hair, one of the photos in Mark’s profile reminded me of an oversight in the (necessarily truncated) history of the school on the website, which for those of us there at the time was a pretty dramatic change. I am talking of Nicola Thornton and Kim Kelly coming as the first girl day pupils in what must have been around 1977 or 1978 and which I think only lasted a year. Though the website refers to what would have been a substantial ‘first’ intake of 25 girls starting in 1987, those two were the true pioneers. Many of us had known the Thornton girls from more or less afar for many years before Nic came as a pupil, so it would have been a somewhat less confronting experience for her than for Kim. But whatever way you cut it, in retrospect it took courage from them I didn’t appreciate at the time, and I for one would be delighted if you could track one or both of them down so they could share their recollections with us.
A Memory from Port MoresbyErick Andersen (1969 to 1977)
Memories
After 6th Form and UE at St Peter’s I did 7th Form at my local
state high school – In going that route I had no interest
whatsoever in the academics usually focused on by 7th
Formers, but I did have the very explicit intention of working
on cross-gender social skills, which nine years in an isolated
single sex school had given me little opportunity to develop.
I then spent a few years bumming around the country doing
whatever came my way or seemed interesting, including a
little grave-digging, lots of work in farms and at gas stations
and a short stint in the Territorials. I eventually settled down
enough to go to Uni, and after a thoroughly enjoyable time at
Auckland Law School worked for a few years for Rudd Watts
& Stone before getting itchy feet again and embarking on a
three year contract with a law firm in Port Moresby, PNG. At
that time the Bougainville secessionist crisis was in full swing,
with a mine being blown up and burning plantations on the
cover of newspapers, so it looked a very ‘interesting’ place.
Twenty-five years later I am still with that firm and typing this
at a desk in Port Moresby. It is a place that is as maddening
and frustrating as it is reputed to be, but through that quarter
of a century I’ve had my (and a few other people’s) share of
adventures and it still keeps me interested.
Greetings and best wishes to all my contemporaries.
Erik
Email: [email protected]
Editor’s Comment: Yes, it is not always realised that there were girls at the school before 1987. But in fact on the opening of the school in 1936 there was one day girl (Betty Luscombe now Elizabeth Boag, who came to reunions in 2011 and 2015 and lives in Wellington). Then as you point out Nicola Thornton and Kim Kelly (day girls in 1977) and Ruth Pearce and Annabel Coles (day girls in 1978).
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Editors Comment – great memories and an open invitation to all classmates to make contact. Looks like time to think about a gathering of “The Thornton Years” old boys at the school?
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Well what an occasion. It was the 80th year to the date since the opening of St Peter’s School on the 22nd February 1936. The whole school turned out to honour the day and the Broadhurst Years Old Boys were well represented by Bruce Moss (1936–1939), Jack Yates (1938–1943), John Coles (1941–1947), Ross Duder (1949–1953) and Rev Canon Ian Graham (teacher 1952–1955). There were also old boys from several vintages including Hugh Waugh and Philip Coles representing the Thornton Years.
The day started with a full school assembly, and the guests were introduced to the students. Some of the history of the
Happy 80th Birthday St Peter’s SchoolThe unveiling of the Arthur Broadhurst Memorial Plaque
Left to right around table: Rev Dr Deborah Wilson (Chaplain), Rev Canon Ian Graham, Georgia Grenfell (Deputy Head Girl),Sarina Towers, Dale Burden (Principal), Bruce Moss, Philip Coles (Alumni 1976-79 and Chairperson of Alumni Committee),Hugh Waugh (Alumni 1969-72), Trent Bell, David McLean (Alumni 1979-85), Rebecca Goodman (Head Girl), Ross Duder,Jack Yates, John Coles Peter Parr (Principal 1979-87).
Dale Burden (Headmaster), Bruce Moss and Philip Coles (Alumni Chairperson) Wording on plaque
school and its founding were explained. It was with great appreciation from the current students who were amazed at the longevity of early pupils.
From the auditorium the group moved to the unveiling of the plaque to honour Arthur Broadhurst. The idea for this was that of a few of the Broadhurst Old Boys, particularly Jack Yates, Ross Duder, Tony Ivanson and John Coles. They have been working on this now for over a year, trying to get wording that was acceptable to all parties and to ensure that it was a fitting tribute.
I have always thought how lucky I was to have gone to St Peter’s School.
My wife and I were married in the school chapel and our three children all went to St Peter’s.
There are a few teachers I have always stayed in touch with: Mark Hanna, John Caithness (Scottie), and of course Gracie Thornton — my second mum, the Brocks and of late Peter Rogers; all have been to our home for dinners etc.
Recently my wife and I had been down in Wellington for the long weekend. This time we drove and on Monday 25th January we called in to see Gracie in the little town of Hunterville. I thought it would be a good idea to give her a call first to tell her we were coming. Well time has never changed Gracie’s voice on the other end of the phone.
“Hello, now,” she said, “who’s this? Don’t say I will get it.” And in Gracie style, “it’s you Hughie, where are you?”
“Gracie I’m on my way to see you.”
“Great,” she said, “I will get us something out to drink” — haha.
Well, first she wants to know everything you are up to, then what all the children are doing. She’s always interested in
MemoriesMy Visit to Grace ThorntonH.W.D. Waugh (Hugh), Number 75 (1969–1972)
From left to right: Nicky Thornton as a St Peter’s Student in 1977; Hughie and Nicky; Hugie and Grace; Grace Thornton.
Editor’s Comment: Nicky’s 1977 picture was while she was a student at St Peter’s in 1977 and taken from The Owl Spreads its Wings. The other three photos were provided by Hughie, and were taken during his visit to Grace and Nicky Thornton at Hunterville in January 2016.
what your family are up to and how my mum is doing. We shared some laughs and some sad moments, of people who are no longer with us; we went over old times at St Peter’s. We talked about the old boys and what they are up to; her memory is just so brilliant, how she remembers so many boys, who went through the school, and now at the lovely age of 86 you can’t help but love her. She would just love any one from the school to call in; you would be so welcomed, it is a very moving experience.
Having served on the school board for 12 years myself, I soon became very aware of just how important David and Gracie were to the survival of St Peter’s School.
We talked about the last 20 years, of Steve Robb as Headmaster and how the school has evolved into what it is today.
There is something very special whenever I go back to the school and just walk around the grounds; it feels like I never left the place.
Hughie Waugh Email: [email protected]
Left: Grace with Mark Hanna - 2011 Jubilee ReunionRight: Hughie – Enjoying Life
Editor’s Comment:Thanks Hughie. I am not sure who enjoyed the visit most. I know that Grace is always delighted to hear from any old boys from her time at St Peter’s, so I can assure you if you are in the Hunterville area and want to drop in you would be welcome, as would a note or comment to her (or for me to publish). Again, for your info, her contact details are:11B Bruce St, Hunterville 4730+64 (0) 6 3228 285
As part of my aims to bring interesting articles to the old boys of the Thornton Years, I have tried to bring back the memories of some of the teachers that were so influential in helping to shape and form your lives. When it came to writing about Mike I really didn’t know where to start. I had the benefit of knowing him and seeing him in action when my children were at St Peter’s School in the 1980s and ‘90s, so am aware, in a small way, of the importance this man has been to St Peter’s. The school’s motto ‘Structa Saxo’ is Latin and translates to ‘Built on a Rock’ and surely Mike is the essence of that rock, with his contribution and service to the school.
Mike first came to work on the St Peter’s School farm in 1969. At the time they were short of house tutors, and because Mike helped run the youth group at the Cambridge Anglican Church and helped run the Cambridge Scout Club where the Matron Janet Worfolk also helped, he was invited to be a house tutor. From there David Thornton convinced him to go to Hamilton Teachers’ College and become a teacher as he had such a good manner with the students. Here he gained his teachers’
MemoriesMike Brock - A St Peter’s LegendDied 9th November 2008, Aged 65
1971
Lynn and Mike at their farewell Brock Pool in action
1979 1980 1986
certificate, being the only student in that year (1972) to gain a pass with distinction. During this time he remained as a tutor and then housemaster in Junior School.
But the most important moment in Mike’s life was undoubtedly in May 1972 when he married Miss Lynn Davis, the assistant matron (later she worked in the bursar’s office and has since and still does fill numerous rolls around the school). They were a couple that were made for each other and clearly worked so well as a team in the many rolls they were both to serve St Peter’s in. And St Peter’s should be forever grateful for the values and standards that they brought and helped to instil in so many students — as the heading says, “A Legend”.
When he finished Training College he had to do a year in a state school to receive his teaching certificate. Luckily he got Cambridge East School and he was able to carry on as a housemaster at St Peter’s. The following year (1974), he started teaching in the Prep School at St Peter’s. It would be hard to imagine St Peter’s without Mike Brock (he was on staff from 1969–2004). To those in the Prep he was, literally, a huge figure, with a booming voice which could reach every corner of the Prep; perhaps terrifying at first for small boys,
Some shots of the new Brock Pool (being used at a recent Broadhurst Reunion) and the 1936 pool in the mid 1950s
until they realised the warmth of the man. In the bad old days of corporal punishment (something that was the norm and fully accepted at the time — but would not be now) his legendary large sandal made a most satisfactory noise, even gave kudos to the victims; it was full of sound and fury... but not much pain. I am sure that Mike would rather have been around in the modern times when corporal punishment is a forgotten memory.
From 1974 till 2004 Mike was on the full time teaching staff in various rolls. They included Dean HOD Prep School 1976 till 2004, Housemaster of Oliphant 1984–1989 (including Senior School Housemaster 1988 and 1989). Not to mention HOD Social Studies. But he will also be remembered by past pupils for his announcer’s roles in athletics and swimming.
Then there was his time in the Ureweras. Who from that time cannot remember the personality of the man on these camps? As his wife Lynn told me: ‘He was first exposed with [sic] St Peter’s when in the early years, along with Mark Hanna, John Caithness, Peter Stewart, Brian Fitzgerald and various other staff including David Thornton and mainly senior boys, they did the Whakatane River walk in January. They did this for several years and then our family came along and I guess Mike had other priorities.’
Lynn also told me: ‘1969 to 2003 were the years St Peter’s Form 1 (or Year 7) students went to the Ureweras for their yearly camp. As I recall in the early years 1A went in part of the last week and into the first week of May holidays and 1B did the same in the August holidays. About the only year he didn’t go was when Karen (our eldest daughter) was born
and we finally were able to celebrate our wedding anniversary together! Over the years things changed and the whole of Form 1 went together. I am not sure when they stopped going to the Ureweras but probably around 2003 as it wasn’t long before he retired. Even though in later years he didn’t teach Year 7, he always made a point of going down for at least part of the time. Along with swimming, the Ureweras was a special place to him.’
As Lynn has said, swimming was one of his passions, and it is only appropriate that the new swimming complex (the first built since the original pool was built in 1936 and remembered fondly or otherwise by students for over 50 years), a ten-lane 25m long pool which opened in 2009, was named The Brock Pool as a lasting memory and tribute to Mike.
Your feedback and memories of Mike are welcome, and I will share them in future publications and with Lynn Brock who is still an active member of the school staff.
But what I would also like to share with you is the eulogy delivered by Mark Eyre at Mike’s funeral in 2008. It says so much, so well about the man that I think that anyone who has not read it should do so now. I am grateful for the assistance from Lynn Brock and the school resources of Chronicles and The Owl Spreads its Wings as well as the school archives where I have gleaned information and photos.
Editor Neil McLaughlin Email: [email protected]: +64 (0) 21 619 171P O Box 331520, Takapuna 0740, New Zealand
Mike loved this place. This Chapel. This school. Mike
loved the organ, and he loved it loud. Long ago he and
I stood in here and joked about today — his funeral.
He knew that Jerusalem is not my favourite hymn –
but it was his. “I don’t care what people say but I’m
having Jerusalem at my funeral. And I Vow to Thee
my Country. And the School Hymn.” I’m surprised that
he didn’t also insist on the School Prayer for these
simple requests sum up Michael Brock. An unashamed
traditionalist. A life of service to others. A man of faith.
A man of values that we should emulate.
Not quite four years ago we gathered to celebrate Mike’s
retirement. It was a great occasion and one that I shall
treasure always. Being in a reflective mood these last few
days one has the deep satisfaction that Mike actually heard
the accolades as we thanked him for a life of extraordinary
service to this wonderful school. We laughed, we teased, and
we reminisced. So what is said today about this remarkable
man — he has, happily, already heard.
All of us here have a connection to Mike Brock from some
phase of his life. He was a teacher to thousands of students,
he was the respected colleague of hundreds of teachers, he
was the treasured relative of many — the Brocks, the Davis’
and the Braggs — the cherished friend of a select few, the
adored dad of three: Karen, Fiona and Stephen (you guys
count as one!) and Craig; and most of all the true love of
Lynn. He would hate that being announced publicly but it’s
the truth and he doesn’t get to object today. I mean “Lynn
and Mike” — it’s like saying “cup and saucer” or “salt and
pepper” — they’re just meant to be together.
It is a huge responsibility being a teacher. We touch thousands
of lives and leave vivid, lifelong memories. We all have fond
recollections of Brocky — in the classroom, the Great Plains
Indians, the chewing of the glasses (or the Parker pen), or
scratching behind the ear, on camp at Turangi, in the Ureweras,
in the boarding house, the sandshoe (marks worn with pride),
in the staffroom (Mike had a thing about people not filling
the coffee percolator when it was empty; it wasn’t that there
was no coffee, but that people were happy to drink the coffee
but couldn’t be bothered to provide for the next person), the
Alumni (Mike was a stand-out Honorary Life Member) and his
service to the Cambridge Citizens’ Advice Bureau. And then
of course the swimming sports. Mike controlled it all from on
high (blow, blow) “A House points update, in reverse order…”
Or athletic sports. I used to be a timekeeper. The tension. The
starter’s whistle. Silence. Mark Hanna standing on the bank
with his shot gun poised… “Take your marks… set…”
MemoriesEulogy Delivered at Mike Brock’s FuneralBy Mark Eyre
“A House points update, in reverse order…”
If St Peter’s prides itself on the importance of family and promotes itself as being a family school, then it is certainly the ‘70s and families like the Brocks who established it. It was a small school with a close-knit community that spent much time together. There were three terms per year, each 12–14 weeks long, and students were only allowed out three days per term. Students and staff remained at school basically all term. Your colleagues were the people that you socialised with and therefore became your circle of friends — lifelong friends.
For those of you here who are present-day students there is history here today. If you are in Thornton House, Mrs Thornton is here today. If you are in Swears House, Miss Swears is here today. If you are in Hanna House, Mr Hanna is here today. If you are in Parr House, the Parrs are here today. Make it your duty to know about these people. There is also history here today to have known Mr Brock. This year marks 40 years of service to a school that he loved dearly. Extraordinary.
The School’s founder, AFB Broadhurst, left a legacy of tradition. A tradition of holistic education of body, mind and spirit; fine music; and excellence remain as core aims today. Mike is one who actively encouraged us not to forget tradition — the importance of getting the basics right in the classroom, retaining St Peter’s Day, the Flag Game, and the uniqueness of the Prep School.
Mike Brock and Mark Eyre in 2003
Memories
AlumniA thought from Los AngelesBy Thomas Thanangadan (1961)
Mike has taught, shouted at, led, coached, encouraged and
enjoyed wonderful times with thousands of admiring students
and even more grateful parents. For those of us who have
had the privilege of sharing part of our teaching careers with
Mike in the Prep School, we are extremely proud to have
worked with this colossus of a man. A man of firm beliefs
and principles, Mike had a strong leadership style. He was
direct and honest, upfront, reliable, dependable. He provided
security and stability, had a wonderful sense of humour, and
yet was still a boy at heart.
Above all Mike would wish to be remembered as a family
man. It is without doubt that Lynn was the love of his life —
she was everything to him. Lynn and Mike met each other
here, Lynn as an assistant matron and Mike as a house tutor.
They married here in this chapel 36 years ago. It has always
been a team effort with Lynn and Mike, from Junior House to
Oliphant House and then more recently to Lippincott House.
While Mike has been in the classroom, Lynn has also been
here in a variety of roles from assistant matron to bursar
to receptionist and now back to matron. And in the middle
of all of that was their family, three wonderful children who
are well and truly ‘St Peter’s children’, individuals who are
independent, confident, fun, dependable, solid citizens. Mike
was intensely proud of each of you. I can clearly imagine his
look of pride today.
Mr. Broadhurst met my dad who was studying at Victoria University in 1959, I believe. The two got talking and eventually Mr. Broadhurst was convinced that I should spend at least a year at St Peter's, and that is how things worked out. Quite amazing!
I was at St Peter's during Rev Cowell's time and also when David Thornton took over from him. Wonderful transition. I wish we'd stayed on, but alas, my dad, who was on a scholarship at Victoria University, completed his degrees and had an obligation to return to his civil service job in Karachi.
St Peter's moulded me in more ways than one. That includes my love for music, art, films, poetry — St Peter's has a LOT to answer for! I read about Ivan Posa. Didn't know him and he wouldn't remember me from Adam - but I DO remember his name. By golly it's a small world! I am getting regular hard copies of the OWL.
Thomas ThanangadanEmail: [email protected]
I wish to close with a quote from Bishop Brent, former Bishop
of the Philippines:
I am standing on the sea shore,
A ship sails in the morning breeze and starts for the ocean.
She is an object of beauty and I stand watching her Till at last
she fades on the horizon and someone at my side says:
"She is gone." Gone! Where? Gone from my sight - that is all.
She is just as large in the masts, hull and spars as she was
when I saw her And just as able to bear her load of living
freight to its destination.
The diminished size and total loss of sight is in me, not in her.
And just at the moment when someone at my side says,
"She is gone", There are others who are watching her coming,
and other voices take up a glad shout:
"There she comes" - and that is dying.
A horizon is just the limit of our sight. Lift us up, Oh Lord, that
we may see further.
That is what dying is. A horizon and just the limit of our sight.
Brocky would be chuffed to see you all here today. Secretly,
he would have loved to have known that he was the centre of
attention and would have enjoyed catching up with you all. Today
is a celebration of a wonderful life. It is a reunion. I’m sure that
Mike will be enjoying a reunion also — he is in very good company.
Mark Eyre
Email: [email protected]
Reunions
Staff
One way that we can reconnect with fellow alumni, meet school staff and hear about developments at your school is through a series of regional reunions.
The school and alumni run these as a joint venture to try and attract as many in each area as possible. The main centres in New Zealand get one every two years and others are held from time to time in other centres as interest justifies.
To help make them a success it also needs alumni to gather up their fellow alumni and encourage as many as possible to attend. Often you might be in contact with some of your friends that we do not have current contact details for. Also, if you can bring fellow alumni, you at least are going in knowing someone.
Those planned so far for this year are the following. The dates have been locked in, so diary them now and watch for more details:
• Hamilton ReunionThursday 30th June 2016
• Wellington ReunionSaturday 20th August 2016
• Sydney ReunionFriday 4th November 2016By request – so need support
To make sure you get included on the mailing list for these gatherings please email Shae Brophy ([email protected])with your email contact and which event(s) you wish to attend.
This Year’s Regional Reunionsand your thoughts on aThornton Years Reunion?
John CaithnessTeacher (1968–1972)
Check on theAlumni Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/stpetersalumnifor more details as released.
I am just floating the idea to gauge the interest in a Thornton Years Reunion. If I gain enough support from the pupils and staff of that era we would progress to the planning stage. We would get the support of the School and Alumni to ensure we can do what we need and lock in dates. It would ideally be sometime next year, aimed to run over three days and two nights. Arriving on the afternoon of the first day and running all the second day with a chapel service, morning tea and farewell on the third morning. We would aim to fit in as much of what is deemed interesting to the group involved, with lots of memories and stories ‘from the day’. As well as a chance to inspect all the new facilities now on offer.
The idea of running over three days is to make it worthwhile for those further away (especially overseas) to attend. We would also look at the possibility of staying on site in the boarding houses if we can fit in with the school timetable. We would have all meals in the school dining room. The whole event would be a casual affair so that we can really relax and enjoy. We would envisage partners being welcome and to attend all events.
To be a success we would need to aim at a minimum of 100 attending but be aiming for 200 (and happy with somewhere in between).
So I ask two things, first what are your initial thoughts and your interest in attending? And secondly how about you keep sending me memories and stories to publish to generate the interest?
Editor Neil McLaughlinEmail [email protected]
John obtained an MA from St Andrew’s, Scotland. He arrived at St Peter’s School Cambridge in the third term of 1968 and left at the end of the first term of 1972. He was a housemaster for several years and rugby and debating coach as well as an Urewera leader before returning to the United Kingdom to be the Headmaster of Cathedral Hall School in Yorkshire.
John was housemaster of Oliphant House in 1970 and 1971. He was prepared to turn his hand to anything he was asked to do and his descriptions of Urewera expeditions made one feel one had tramped every inch of the way. Reading through the chronicles of the time I see that John was instrumental in the formation of the St Peter’s Debating Society in the third term of 1969 and was President till he left at the end of the first term in 1972. He is spoken very highly of in regard to his influence in the direction and standards of the Society. It must be with some pride that the results in 1973 were so outstanding.
StaffDebating at St Peter’s School 1973
Email from John
I still tend to write letters by email! My St Peter’s years — just under 5 — were, and remain, very precious and so are kept not quite locked away, but need to be brought out carefully and taken to a quiet place. Things have not been quiet enough lately, for whilst in my first year at St Peter’s I was given the opportunity by one of the Chapel Choir ‘dads’ — W Ross Morgan (later Chairman of Governors) — to be initiated into the Masonic Lodge in Cambridge; the upshot from that event being that now, in happy retirement, I lead a busy Masonic life. However, I have just skimmed through issue 1 — which I shall certainly read in proper detail — and been delighted to be reminded of many things, e.g.:
• being asked by DJT, on my arrival in September 1967, to ‘look after’ the Chapel Choir — the talented Guyon Wells having left in August.
• being asked by DJT, on my relinquishing this demanding stop-gap effort (Mark Eyre was in the choir at that time), to relieve him of his own Editorship of the ‘Chronicle’ (the ‘68 edition was my first, of four).
• being asked by MCH (Mark Hanna) to assist in the early Urewera trips; I missed the inaugural one, but went on the second, with my Form, which included the life-enhancing Robert Barclay and Jonathan Craig. I see you have used my very poor photograph of that group at the Whakatane Lions Club Hut.
It brings it all back. I’m delighted that Janet Worfolk (matron at the time), who visits us in Scotland most years and is a good friend, has given you our email address and I see, on returning from an overnight Masonic engagement in Aberdeen, that two further instalments await in my Inbox, together with mail from Hugh Waugh (for whom I was briefly housemaster and who gave Jane and I the most wonderfully hospitable welcome and tour of the school when we made our retirement round-the-world trip in 2001).
Clearly, a reading-fest awaits... If there is some aspect of life at St Peter’s in those days (September ‘67 – May ‘72) on which I can throw light, please feel free to ask.
In my final March/April DJT asked me to ‘supervise’ the shooting of a 16mm film record of Arthur Broadhurst’s visit to open the first of the new Senior School Houses (Broadhurst, of course). I was entrusted with the master copy to take to Scotland to have music dubbed in (at Scottish Television studios in Glasgow) and from there flew to Birmingham, where I was met by the great man and taken to St Chad’s Cathedral School, Lichfield, for a ceremonial first showing. I understand that the film, returned to St Peter’s, was later cannibalised for other purposes, and wonder whether there is any copy extant? Of St Chad’s — I had the sad duty of driving Peter Parr, visiting my school in Yorkshire, there for the uplifting Memorial Service to AFBB — at which ‘his’ School Song was sung. It has ever been a favourite of mine.
Brian Fitzgerald was president of the Debating Society
in 1973. The Prep School debating team of 1973,
pictured below, won seven out of eight debates against
other schools.
After leaving St Peter’s, John said he intended to return
to New Zealand but never did; however, he and his family
welcomed St Peter’s visitors to the United Kingdom.
Editor’s Comment: John now receives the Thornton News
at his home in Scotland. Following his receipt of Thornton
Years News he was kind enough to send an email that I found
interesting and enlightening. It throws further light onto the
school of his time there and fond memories. Following is some
of it that I am sure he would like me to share with you. If
any past pupils plan to be in Scotland and would like to visit I
suggest you email him at [email protected],
or if you would just like to email a note I am sure he would be
delighted to hear from you.
Dear Neil,
My sincere good wishes,
John [email protected]
Above, from left: Richard Black (leader), David Wilson (who was judged best speaker in five debates), and Glen Morgan.
Right: Brian Fitzgerald (1973–84): Rugby Coach, Head of English, Housemaster of Oliphant, Deputy Headmaster (1979–84).
Alumni
Most day to day memories of my time at St Peter’s (‘66–‘69) have now faded, though I still have certain rays of clarity. I recall giving a mini-sermon in chapel towards the end of my last year about my younger ‘bigger’ brother, Richard. Also, I remember the stirring sounds of the choir and pipe organ in full flow on many occasions. On entry to St Peter’s in 1966, having flown in from Damascus, Syria (my parents were with UN) it was quite a change of scene and pace, made even more acute by receiving my first caning early on for taking forbidden fruit from the orchard (nowadays where the senior school classrooms are situated). As a current staff member (2007 onwards) the sights and sounds of 50 years ago frequently trigger in my consciousness, especially as the old pool was buried under the new library or when Horton Gym ‘got legs’ and was trucked over by the site of the old monorail, below the Chaplain’s house. (That was another San visit for stitches as opened up my left knee in poorly executed leap over the metal snaking rail). I still enjoy looking at the old school clock and the last remaining large chestnut tree (beside the current cricket pavilion) still witnessing many courageous feats on the sporting field over the years.
Thornton Years memories that force their way through the misty recall include: after lunch ‘rest time’ in dorms; placing extra bread slices on one’s lap to secure extra food at lunch time; being allowed to view (July 1969) blurry black and white images of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon from the TV room; the noisy rotation of the Saturday night movie reels in the hall/gym; being ousted from choir as I favoured cricket trainings; bullrush on the Quad (and yet more trips to Matron); the clatter of the school’s printing press (all those metal letters painstakingly arranged one by one) spewing out copious notices; the concern of Mark Hanna and staff on a Urewera camp when we all found out how acute my horse allergy was, when I tried to go to sleep on horse blankets; Term 3 table tennis with Mike Brock; winning the Jenkins Prize for Current Events (I still share that interest with my History/Social Studies classes to this day); also pre-mobile issues for Mark Hanna trying to landline connect with my parents in
Back in the Summer of ’69Marty Seifert (1966–69) Old Boy, Parent & Current Staff Member (2007– )
Syria during the 1967 war to reassure a rather bemused nine-year-old that all was well.
The classroom details have left my recall now but still hold positive vibes from my time with Caithness, Stewart (house tutor), Mellalieu, Wells and, of course, Miss Swears, Mark Hanna and David Thornton (always a smile) along with those dramatic moments in productions of 1066 and all that, or Chief Weasel in Toad of Toad Hall and my memories of peers in ‘69 1st XI cricket / hockey & 1st XV rugby — the likes of Jardine, Poore, Snell, Craig, McLoughlin, and rivals in swimming / athletics like Everton, Fisk, Lorigan. Trust they remain fit and healthy :)
From leaving in 1969 till returning in 2007, a route via Kings College then Auckland University (History degree + Sports / Theatre) / Otago Uni (PE degree, with hockey and fitness work) then teaching with Upper Hutt College, Wanganui Collegiate, Loretto School (Edinburgh), Hamilton Boys and back full circle to St Peter’s. My children joined the Owl family with Hannah (2005–2009) and Tim (2009–2013), as I continue to share the learning in the Social Sciences world of history, social studies, classics and tourism along with giving management support to the 1st XI cricket and hockey teams.
It is now 50 years since I first walked into the Owl nest and as yet still to take my final walk out :-). I enjoy a wry smile in the current staff room as it still carries memories as a changing room for boys past. I trust my contemporaries in the Thornton years, those who are still alive, keep shaping their lives with smiles, curiosity and satisfaction — all traits that David Thornton would have endorsed. As Mark Hanna wrote in my report Easter Term Year 8: “Still a little shy and retiring but very good value in all spheres. The ‘smart’ remark has all but disappeared. Well done.” And as Headmaster Thornton wrote on my final report: “I am delighted, for instance, that the Captain of Rugby can preach such a telling sermon in the Chapel.”
Far left:Athletics day 1967.Back row (left to right): R Lorigan,V McCarthy, B Devlin, R Gurnsey & M Fisk.Front row (L to R): Marty Seifert, Mr A Glennie (teacher).
Left:Marty as staffat St Peter’s.
Surname Given Names Entry ExitGrant P J 1959 1961Gray Denis Howard 1964 1969Greenhalgh Phillip Ross 1972 1974Greenslade Marcus Melvin 1972 1974Greenway I P C 1969 1971Gregg M G 1967 1969Greig A J 1956 1961Griffiths Ewen Thomas 1968 1974Groom P B 1970 1971Groosman Andre Jon 1971 1971Haddleton M F G 1969 1970Haddleton George 1966 1967Hair John 1974 1975Hall Stephen 1971 1975Hamblett A J 1967 1967Harding P J 1962 1964Harding Glenn Adrian 1972 1977Hardwick Garry Lawrence 1976 1976Hardy R J 1968 1970Hardy Peter Nicholas 1976 1982Harford Christopher 1963 1966Harman Anthony 1963 1966Harris S G 1973 1975Harrison B C 1964 1964Harrison Stephen Paul 1972 1974Hart K C 1965 1966Hattaway H B 1967 1969Hawkes Christopher Vladimir 1974 1974Hawkins Gareth David 1974 1977Haworth Andrew 1966 1967Hayes Peter John 1977 1977Hays D R 1967 1975Hayworth Andrew W R 1966 1967Hellyer Roger Adrian 1973 1976Henshaw J B 1968 1972Hepworth Bressin 1975 1977Hepworth Ross Andrew 1975 1977Hewson Peter 1964 1964Hilford Kevin 1967 1969Hill George 1965 1968Hitch Matthew Graeme 1976 1978Hodge A.S. 1962 1964Hodge Anthony 1962 1964Hodge Michael Keith 1974 1976Hodgson P D 1963 1965Hogarth M R 1966 1966Hogarth Stanley Mark 1975 1975Hogg Roger James 1977 1979Hogg Craig Samuel 1976 1977Holliday David 1965 1966Holthouse James Richmond 1975 1976Honeywood Gregory Arthur 1978 1978Hood Cameron 1966 1967Hooper Jon Robert 1978 1983Hopkins Andrew John 1978 1978Horvath Donald Joseph 1975 1980Howie David Eric 1976 1980
Surname Given Names Entry ExitHubbard Andrew Brian 1976 1976Hughes C J 1961 1961Hurst Ian Joseph 1965 1969Hussey Craig Jonathan 1976 1982Hutchins John 1975 1975Hutton Brian 1966 1968Ingleby D G C 1965 1967Ingles Michael John 1968 1972Innes-Smith Roderick Neil 1974 1977Irving Gregor Maurie 1976 1977Jackson Christopher Charles 1972 1972Jackson D W 1971 1974Jackson R B 1971 1975Jagose Pheroze Rustom 1975 1976Jagot Philip Roger 1974 1974James David 1973 1974Jameson M W 1969 1969Jameson P C 1969 1970Jardine David 1967 1969Jennings Lance 1971 1975Jervis Peter 1966 1968Joerin Paul Jeremy 1972 1974Johnson Cedric 1965 1969Johnson D M 1966 1966Johnson Dean Malcolm 1975 1975Johnson P S 1969 1970Johnson S K 1969 1970Johnston R J 1968 1975Johnston Robert 1968 1975Jones Clayton Arnold 1976 1976Jones Daryl David 1976 1976Jones Stephen Andrew 1976 1976Jones Waynne Leslie 1976 1977Jope Terence Fletcher 1969 1974Jorgensen C.M.N. 1976 1976Julian M A 1975 1975Julius Jonathan Norman 1972 1979Kadri Sunil 1976 1981Kaipara Lenny 1978 1982Kalo Bruce Kevin 1977 1979Kasper Glenn Kevin 1978 1982Keaney Allan Michael 1975 1977Keate Jonathan Renyard 1978 1978Kelly Susan Kim 1977 1977Kennedy M A R 1969 1973Kidd Darren Michael 1976 1977King Allen Patrick 1971 1977King Andrew Michael 1971 1977King Brian Alan 1976 1977King C B 1977 1979King Neal Barrie 1968 1969Kinzett Anthony William 1973 1974Kirkpatrick Sean 1965 1967Knowles M M 1962 1962Knowles John 1962 1962Konings J W M 1970 1972
AlumniMissing AlumniAs I said in the first and second issue, there are many old boys for whom we have no current contact address or information on. Below we have listed some more of these. If you can provide any further information or clues that can help complete full Christian names or clues to employment or the like it would greatly assist.
Please either email [email protected]; or post to PO Box 331520, Takapuna, 0740 NZ; or phone +64 (0) 21 619 171.We will publish further names in the next newsletter.
MemoriesA Short Memory of St Peter’sSigmund (Sigi) Spath (1977 to 1981)
Thanks so much for the old boys’ newsletter,
you mentioned in the newsletter you still
keep in touch with Mark Hanna. I would
love you to say hello from me (probably
knew me as Sigmund or just Spath, if he
remembers me at all). I was a member of
Broadhurst House. He has been a great
influence in my life and many values I
hold today are because of him, I think
of him often, many of his values I have
passed on to my three boys who have left
school now and are forging their own way.
He is one great memory of the time I had
at St Peter’s and his commitment to us
was exemplary and inspirational.
Sigi Spath
Editor’s Comment: I thought this was worth sharing with you all as it is common of the comments I received about Mark
Hanna’s influence. Sigi was a school prefect in 1981 and went on to Auckland University. I have included his email address in
case any past classmates want to touch base. I have set out below some further information that you might all find interesting!
I have extracted this from information on Sigi from his web page.
For the last 15 years I have been concentrating
predominantly on television commercials, although
I have continued to do drama to keep my hand in. I
started working in the film industry in 1982, after leaving
university part way through a law degree. Since then I
have covered every form of film making from the bizarre
to the beautiful, and have done a variety of jobs from P.A.,
assistant editor, gripping, lighting, camera assisting, etc.
From 1982 to 1986 I worked for a production company
called Marine Movies as a camera assistant and production
assistant. From 1986 to 1992 I worked in the lighting side
of the industry and from 1992 I have been working as a
cinematographer and director.
I am a fully qualified diver, having shot underwater in
the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Rarotonga and Tahiti for
commercials and drama, as well as working on commercials
and drama in the following countries: Hawaii, Australia,
Vietnam, Japan, England, Italy, Thailand, Argentina,
France, Phillippines, Canada, Malaysia and obviously the
Pacific Islands mentioned previously.
Since 1992 I have worked making music videos and
commercials as a director/cinematographer, and
shooting drama as a cinematographer. Consequently I
have worked on a lot of drama’s, from features to TV
drama and documentaries and docu-dramas. As well as
a lot of TVC’s ranging from huge budgets to tiny ones.
I believe that I am a team player. I am extremely
dedicated to the projects that I undertake and have the
flexibility to adapt to most situations.
Up until 2004 I held a position at a commercial company
called Motion Pictures as a director and owner, where
I had been working for the past five years. Since 2004
I had been running a company called Automatic with
Declan Cahill where I directed and shot commercials.
Since 2011 I have now set up my own company to keep
up with the demands of the time.
For further details of my work please feel free to visit my
website at www.sigispath.com
Some of Sigi’s Life Story
HistorySt Peter’s FarmReport from Farm Manager in the 1970 Chronicle
Manager: S. R. Newnham Esq.No. 1 Dairy Manager: D. S. C. Sawden Esq.Assistant: J. H. Nimmo Esq.No. 2 Dairy Manager: P. A. Stanaway Esq.
St Peter’s School Farm is unique in its class, combining as it does a spacious and beautiful setting for the School buildings, ample space for the recreation and relaxation of pupils, and at the same time a source of income for the School.
At the time of the foundation of the School, the first purchase of land comprised 88 acres, on which the School and ancillary buildings were erected; soon afterwards a further purchase of 174 acres was made, and in 1953 the 35 acres, on which Taylor House stands was added. In 1968 two properties (totaling 102 acres), opposite the School in Hanlin Road were purchased, and in June of this year the neighboring farm, a further 108 acres, was acquired, bringing the total acreage to 507, of which 460 acres are suitable for grazing by dairy animals.
The last mentioned purchase immediately altered the whole concept of the farming operations, as this area, in conjunction with the other two properties purchased in 1968, made up a total of 200 acres, which became a self-contained dairy unit serviced by its own milking shed. This shed was up-graded and put into operation immediately.
Fortunately for the School, during the last war, a milk vendor in Cambridge began purchasing supplies of milk from St Peter’s to provide for an Army Camp in the district. From this small beginning a Town Milk Quota was obtained, and in 1960 St Peter’s Farm became a full Town Supply farm as a supplier of the Hamilton Milk Producers’ Company Ltd. The Town Milk Quota is now 349 gallons per day, with prospects of increases in the future as the additional land comes into production.
The farm now comprises Nos. 1 and 2 Dairies, and it is hoped that during 1971 total cows in milk will reach 350, with replacement stock being reared and carried on the farm. Production has increased with the increase in acreage, and also through herd improvement and generally higher standards of farm management and control. In 1947, for instance, 68,000 gallons of milk were produced from 205 acres, in 1950 111 cows produced 85,000 gallons and in 1971 it is confidently
expected that 250,000 gallons will be produced from the 460 acres.
At the stage of becoming a full Town Supply farm, cropping was discontinued, the piggery and poultry, as well as the vegetable garden were abolished, and grass, silage and hay were relied upon for production. No concentrates have been fed to the milking herd from that date.
A vigorous policy of planned farm improvement has always been followed. With the acquisition of each additional area of land a considerable amount of deferred maintenance, clearing of trees and rubbish, drainage and roading has been necessary. This reached a peak with the most recent purchase, when the integration of the three areas in that locality was undertaken. However, by the end of this year all major items of development will be completed, with additional benefit to the School.
As St Peter’s School came into being through the magnanimity and foresight of a talented and wealthy man, so the School farm has prospered through the dedication and similar foresight of several distinguished men. After the founding of the School by Arthur Broadhurst, who was at that time ably assisted by Mr T Oliphant, whose death in 1950 came as a shock to all at the School, Professor Riddet, up to the time of his death in 1969 was Professor of Dairying at Massey University, assumed direction and control of the farm. It was during this period that the foundations of the farm structure were laid from 1960 until early this year (ie 1970) Dr C P McMeekan directed the farming operations, assisted by Mr G J Hodgson, who deputised for Dr McMeekan when he was absent overseas. The dedication and ability of these men has been an inspiration to those engaged in the day to day running of the farm.
Factors which have contributed to the success of farm in the past, and which will have a beneficial bearing on it in the future are the genuine interest taken by the members of the Board of Governors, although the direct control of the farm has been delegated to one member of the Board only; the increase in acreage, making for a more economically viable unit; Town Milk production on a large scale; suitable climatic and soil-type conditions for this type of operation; physical situation, in the heart of a prosperous and well-serviced area; the ever present prospect of increased production and profitability; and the stimulus provided by the fact of being part of an undertaking — St Peter’s School — which requires a high standard of everything that pertains to it.
From these factors it is quite evident that the Farm is in a very good position to provide maximum support for the future of the School, this being, in fact, the roll it has fulfilled in the past.
Editor’s Comment: I thought it very timely to reproduce this article that shows some of the history of the farm and its future, looking at it from the eyes of the farm manager in 1970. In view of the recent joining with Lincoln University in the joint venture Owl Farm it shows that the early forward-thinking is still in place.
As with many who enter the teaching profession, Dale Burden’s decision to train as a teacher came in his school years. So it was that Christchurch-born Dale left Papanui High School for Canterbury University to study a Bachelor of Arts in Classics and History and then to further his studies at Canterbury College of Education.
Looking back “I loved school, in particular I really enjoyed history and classical studies. I also enjoyed sports and I got into coaching quite young, which gave me the satisfaction you get when you get the opportunity to motivate students to achieve success through sport.”
His first position found him, while he was out on a teaching experience ‘section’. “I was on section at St Andrew’s College,” says Burden. “A fellow staffer mentioned that there was a position teaching history at Whanganui Collegiate. History teaching jobs were quite rare at the time so I leapt at it.” It’s all about taking the opportunities as they present themselves.
So Dale relocated north, “It was an interesting and exciting time at Whanganui Collegiate which was transitioning from a boys’ school to a co-educational facility,” he says. A year later he became the school’s head of Social Studies and says that during his time at the school he became involved in the local teachers’ association and many aspects of school life, including work within the school boarding houses, “I enjoyed learning about how boarding works and how an independent school works.”
After six years Dale was approached to apply for the head of social sciences when it came up at Whanganui High School. “I was pretty green at 28 to take that position but it was a very important move, because that’s where I met my wife Yevette. She had come to Whanganui from Nga Tawa College to take the role as the assistant principal.”
A keen sportsman and coach, it was on the side-line of a 1st XI football match that Dale met the headmaster of Westlake Boys’ High School, which led him to his next role, as Deputy Headmaster at the North Shore school. “At the time I was the chair of the New Zealand History Teachers’ Association. I was the National Professional Development Facilitator for NCEA history, back then the North Shore of Auckland was resistant to the change to NCEA, and it was a privileged experience to be part of managing that.”
After a short tenure at Westlake there was a move to Mt Albert Grammar School where he has spent the last thirteen years, ten of which were served as the school’s headmaster leading innovation and change.
During his tenure at Mt Albert Grammar School he was awarded the prestigious Woolf Fisher Fellowship. The award is highly sought after and one awarded to one secondary school principal each annually. The award enabled Dale and his family to travel around the world and for him to attend seven leadership courses at Harvard University.
And now he heads up St Peter’s as the school’s sixth principal, making the move to Cambridge with his family – wife Yevette and daughter Zoe. Dale says, “The most important factor in taking up this role was that St Peter’s ticked both the professional and personal boxes. There have been numerous opportunities come my way, but none of them have done that. Zoe will spend Year 6 at Goodwood Primary School and join St Peter’s in Year 7. She is a keen swimmer, enjoys a range of sports and is fond of horses, so the facilities here are a great match.”
Dale has a strong personal faith and is pleased to be leading a faith school. He is clearly passionate about his new role and the opportunities it will bring to the school. “The facilities and environment here are unique, there is certainly nothing like this place in Australasia. I have great respect for Steve Robb, who has done an impressive job of building a strong foundation for this school, which is well known for its quality and excellence.”
“I believe a school should be an environment where all students can achieve their potential and where excellence becomes a habit in all areas of school life. To achieve this, schools need to be goal focused, and have a culture of continuous improvement.”
“St Peter’s is a high performing independent school, and it has the potential to be the best in the world. It is my job as Principal to enact the trust board’s vision to be the best in the world, which is a great goal, and achievable.”
“Education is all about relationships,” he says, “so it is important I spend time building positive bonds with people, getting to know them and understanding why things are done the way they are done.”
Not given to the confines of an office, this first term Dale will be immersing himself in the culture of St Peter’s, which will see him on the campus and in classrooms. Gesturing toward the grounds through his office window he says emphatically, “I will definitely be out there, because that’s where it’s happening.”
Mr Burden with Hanna House competitors at Sports Day
St Peter’s School, Cambridge Welcomes a New Face at the HelmSt Peter’s School has a new Principal and leader Dale Burden
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